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Morocco carries the season.
The Morocco episode does work the rest of the season can't quite match.
A three-city filming season.
Morocco is the right location for a show circling familiar territory — the setting demands a different register than another European hotel. Diana Jenkins's arrival adds a point of view with a distinct social context. The San Francisco leg works less hard. A season where the format feels its own weight, the location doing more editorial lifting than the cast — interesting in patches, uneven across the full run.
The #12 slot.
Slot #12 of 15 in the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Editor's Canon. Morocco is the right location for a show that has been circling familiar territory — the setting demands a different register than another European capital, and the cast responds to that displacement with something closer to genuine engagement. Diana Jenkins's arrival adds a point of view with a distinct social context that the existing ensemble finds useful. The San Francisco leg works less hard. A season where the format is feeling its own weight and the location is doing more editorial lifting than the cast dynamics across the full run — interesting in patches, uneven as a whole.